Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-16
il can be got In every beautiful pattern and

il can be got In every beautiful pattern and
at most alluring figure.
No, don't think you will cut no figure II you
have not ton or 50 OF dry goods to take with
you to the country or the shore. A few good,
decent things and you are armed with all the
weapons Of wardrobe you need. The greatest
belle ever knew at one Of those places had
but three dresses yet she had attention and
beaux galore. What she had she wore with
grace; but the style was IN herself, not in her
clothes The richest lady on the grounds
envied her in her morning ginghanl.
While think OF it want to say something
about the disposition Of your cast aside
clothes Don't sell them. Give them away.
My laundress, who is q wise woman in her
way, has q superstition that you will never
be rich If you sell your old clothes. Give
them to some one who needs them and you
will have good luck. l advise the same thing,
not for the same reason precisely, but because
believe 1t is the better thing to do Send
them to tbs hospitals, the homes for the indi-
gent, the orphan asylums or give them to in
dividuals who have a time of it to scratch
along; but never send them to the second
hand store The little money you will get for
them will be nothing, while the knowledge
that they have been blessing to somebody
will be very comforting to you.
It is whispered that a lady can now 60 out
with reduced hustle and not be subjected to
arrest or insult, which is q gain, surely.
Parasols covered with lace abound. You
can buy your parasol and then buy your
cover, and you can put the cover on and off
as you please, and transfer it to other para
soils and not be cut by Mrs. La Mode, because
she does the very same thing.
Waterproof cloaks have grown up with
the country, as it were. A few years ago
only the thick, shiny, black ones were known.
They were heavy, warm, and not pleasant as
to odor. And on rainy days the streets were
made melancholy by procession of ladies
who looked like cowled monks and felt like
imprisoned birds. Some of the exceedingly
vain and primpy order Of my SEX refused to
wear them at all, and either went without or
remained indoors "until the mists had cleared
away" Now all that is changed The shiny
black waterproof wrap has sunk to lower
social grade. 1t went down in price and al
once lost its position in society. Newer and
better things crowded it out. Rain cloaks
now are so pretty that one rather likes to
have bad day come along for the sake of
wearing them. Cool, steely, frosty gray
ones are very cheap, 81. so, 50, and sometimes
less; or If OF the best and finest quality
and most stylish cut, $40, sig or $14, and
then, OF the upper grades, at the last men,
toned prices, there are dark, rich greens,
deep garnets, delicate misty blacks, and
black and white striped ones, and colored
plaids, and shepherds plaids, and every con-
ceivable color and mixture. And then, bet
ter still, at least more beautiful and more ex-
pensive still, are imported ones French
to the finest fiber of their being-the DELI
cate silk ones, light in texture, dainty in
color, at once Joy, comfort and a beauty.
Expensive9 Well, yes, rather. Some are
quoted at s41 and some at $50 and $35; but
as Pat said when he got three months in Jail
for running away with the 'squire's race
horse, or rather letting it run away with
him, "Begorrah, it's worth it."
NAOMI TRENT